- The American radio stations that broadcast Chinese propaganda.
- Wes Anderson thought about making a Christmas movie because of the money.
- The $43 million gas station.
- What’s wrong with the electorate, Vol. XV: Ben Carson is Hilary Clinton’s toughest opponent.
- So was Lou Reed a total jerk or not?
- Ralph Fiennes is now … Lego Batman’s butler. Of course he is.
- Why does being a Silicon Valley whiz equal wearing black turtlenecks?
- Coming soon to a brain near you: Memory implants.
- Jeb! is depressing schoolkids.
- The ways in which calculus will save you from the zombie apocalypse.
- Witch sues a warlock and other notes from the week that was.
- There’s a new, never-before-published short story by Truman Capote.
- Carrie Brownstein (Sleater-Kinney, Portlandia) marries a couple at her booksigning; meanwhile Amy Poehler played “Greensleeves.”
- Be proud, Kansas, be ever so proud.
- Print and read: Bet you didn’t know you already agreed to legally binding Christian arbitration.
Chris Barsanti 